Traveling through troubled times to escape famine and cultivate crops as a grain merchant

Chapter 561 White Fox Fur Is the Perfect Match

If that were the case, Shopkeeper Yang would be in great trouble.

But he didn't lose out either, because the profits given to him were enough to make back not only this one piece of material, but also dozens of pieces of material.

Li said, "Who cares? The material is ours after all. Didn't you say that we can't let him take all the benefits? We are helping him. Okay, I'll take out the material and show it to Zhou Xing. I'll take it to my husband's house and let the sisters-in-law envy me."

He happily packed all the other things back into the box and went to look for Zhou Xing with the cloak.

Zhou Guo followed behind excitedly. He was really looking forward to seeing the bright red cloak with gold embellishment and white rabbit fur.

As soon as I thought about it, I recalled the Miss Wang from the county town during the Lantern Festival that year. She seemed to be wearing the same outfit, except that her fur was finer and more lustrous, as if it was fox fur?

Fox Fox...

She turned around and went to find the old man.

The old man was in Zhou Dacang's house, and the two of them were playing chess. As to why they didn't play Go, of course it was because neither of them knew how to play it.

Zhou Dacang learned chess after he joined the army.

The two men were so engrossed in their meditation that they didn't even raise their heads when they heard the door open.

Zhou Guo sat aside and watched. As she watched, she could not help but take action, so she had to find something to do. She ate some dried meat, drank tea, and read. There were several military books next to Zhou Dacang's pillow. She was surprised when she saw them for the first time. She learned to read military books after entering the barracks and going to the battlefield.

After watching for a while and seeing that the two were still playing, I couldn't help but want to do something.

Seeing that he was about to lose, the old man looked up and glared at her, "Can't you just sit there quietly? If you can't sit still, get out and stop being an eyesore here!"

Zhou Dacang smiled, picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea.

Zhou Guo took the opportunity to say, "Master, you and my uncle have been raining for so many days, why don't we stop raining? Let's go into the mountains and hunt before the mountain is closed."

The old man and Zhou Dacang turned their heads to look at the sky outside the window which was getting darker and darker, and said in disbelief: "It's almost dark, where can we go hunting?"

Zhou Guo said, "It's not dark yet. There's still more than an hour before dark. We won't go far. We can just walk around the nearby mountains. Once the snow blocks the mountains, we won't be able to go there."

Zhou Dacang felt itchy, but he was a wounded man and could not move. He leaned on the quilt behind him, sighed, and looked at Zhou Guo without saying a word.

Zhou Guo didn't notice it, and looked at the old man and said, "How about it, Master? If we can kill a deer and bring it back, we can roast the deer meat around the stove in the snow at night, okay?"

The old man was really tempted, but he narrowed his eyes as he looked at Zhou Guo, "Are you really asking me to go hunting? Don't you have any other purpose?"

This girl would never ask him to go into the mountains at this time under normal circumstances.

Zhou Guo chuckled, "I want to go see if there is a white fox. I want to get a white fox to make a cloak."

The old man glared, "White rabbit skin can no longer satisfy you?"

Zhou Dacang smiled.

Zhou Guo said, "How can rabbit fur be compared to fox fur? My mother took out the red gold-woven fabric that I wouldn't even look at, and said she wanted to make a cloak for me and my sister. Think about it, such precious fabric can't be inlaid with rabbit fur, right? It's so cheap! Only noble fox fur can match it!"

The old man was even more surprised. He had seen that piece of cloth before. It was really a good piece of cloth. He couldn't help but take another look at Zhou Guo. The little apprentice had grown taller and his face had matured in the past two years. He was the best-looking one in the family.

He nodded readily and said, "Okay, then we will go there together as master and disciple."

Zhou Dacang paused. The older this old man got, the more he loved his disciples. He said, "When we are in the barracks, we sometimes go hunting in the nearby mountains. I have a red fox skin. I will bring it back to you next time you come back."

Zhou Guo's eyes lit up and he nodded repeatedly, "Okay, okay, but distant water can't quench a nearby fire. Master, let's go to the mountains to have a look. I've been in the mountains for so long and haven't seen a fox yet. Have you seen one?"

The master stood up and stretched. He was tired after sitting for a whole day. "I have seen it from a distance once, but if you go up the mountain, you will definitely gain something. Let's go. Go quickly and come back soon. It's getting dark."

The master and the disciple changed their clothes, took their bows and arrows, and went into the mountains. Zhou Guo specially went to the blacksmith shop to make these two bows and arrows. After all, hunting without bows and arrows was very inconvenient.

Thanks to the fact that she had thrown tens of thousands of stones over the years, she was very strong and became proficient in just a few days. Her accuracy was also good, so it was no exaggeration to say that she never missed her target.

When Li chased them out, there was no trace of the two. She looked at the sky and saw that it was gray and gloomy. She was afraid that it would snow again soon. She stamped her feet and sighed, "What nonsense! Why are we going into the mountains when it's almost dark? It's not like usual now. It's snowing!"

Zhou Su ran out of the house, looked at the road the two were taking to the mountain and said, "I want to learn Kung Fu from you, too, so I can go hunting with you in the future!"

Li said, "What hunting? You may have forgotten. The new year has begun and you must go to the academy with your brothers. Go back to the house."

Zhou Su sat at the desk for an entire afternoon, practicing writing several large characters. Now he couldn't write anymore and wanted to take a break. He rolled his eyes and headed towards Zhou Dacang's house.

Li said quickly, "Your uncle has been playing chess all day, let him take a break, don't disturb him!"

Zhou Su replied from a distance and understood.

Li shook her head and went into the house.

Zhou Guo and the old man chose the tallest and largest mountain nearby.

I wandered around in the woods for half an hour. It was really weird. There were few pheasants or rabbits. I didn't know if they had gone back to their caves to sleep because it was getting cold.

The old man simply said, "You go this way, I'll come this way, and we'll meet here in half an hour."

After saying that, he left, leaving Zhou Guo with only his back.

Zhou Guo shouted from behind, "Master, aren't you worried that I might run into a giant insect or something? What if I get slapped to death by a giant insect?"

When the old man heard this, he immediately turned around and said to Zhou Guo, "Then go this way."

Walking towards the road originally designated for Zhou Guo.

Zhou Guo was stunned. She must be joking. He chased after her and asked, "Master, why did you really follow me?"

The old man pricked up his ears and paid attention to the movements everywhere. "Didn't you say that you were afraid of big insects?"

He was thinking about Zhou Guo's luck in catching the shadowless fish. Since she had already mentioned it, maybe he would really encounter one. He also wanted to see if it would come true.

Zhou Guo didn’t know this and followed behind happily, thinking that her master was so nice, caring so much about her and worrying about her safety.

After walking for a while, the old man suddenly stopped and stretched out his hand to signal Zhou Guo to stop as well.

Zhou Guo leaned his head forward and looked forward. Seeing it was a deer, his eyes lit up. He knew he could get some roasted venison!

The old man wanted to take action, but when he moved his hand, he saw Zhou Guo's head from the corner of his eye and whispered, "You come."

And cautiously took a few steps back.

Zhou Guo pulled out an arrow from the quiver behind him, pointed at the deer's heart, drew the bow, and squinted his eyes.